Minnesota Experience — Season 1, Episode 20: Jim Crow of the North
Documentary • 30 min • 6 seasons, 87 episodes
Episode synopsis
Why does Minnesota suffer through some of the worst racial disparities in the nation? One answer is the spread of racist, restrictive real estate covenants in the early 20th century. Jim Crow of the North charts the progression of racist policies and practices from the advent of restrictive covenants after the turn of the last century to their final elimination in the late 1960s.
About Minnesota Experience
For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with insight about our shared past and values as Minnesotans. Tapping into TPT’s rich archive of historical stories and adding new ones to the fold, Minnesota Experience holds the mirror of history up to the modern moment as a force that can forever change who we are and who we want to be.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Flour Power
- E2Lost Twin Cities III
- E3Cornerstones: A History of North Minneapolis
- E4Fires of 1918
- E5Lost Twin Cities 4
- E6Glensheen and the Congdon Legacy
- E7Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
- E8The People's Protectors
- E9MN in the 70's
- E10The Fabulous Ice Age
- E11Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave
- E12Restoring The People's House